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Just to put the cat amongst the pigeons. I've just looked up year on year horse fatalities at the national and noticed there has been an increase since the fences were reduced in size. I often wondered whether this would make the race more dangerous because of the faster pace.

I would be interested to know if the reduction in the size of the fences has made things worse. I always felt that the race would get faster, and actually more dangerous for the horses.

I've been around horses all my life. There is nothing more that a horse loves doing than racing. I'd much rather be a horse that dies doing something it loves, than an equally intelligent pig that meets a grizzly end at the hands of the long knife. We are so hypocritical where animals are...